Wednesday, November 8, 2017

Challenges of a Disorganized Student

Engaging Minds is a learning and tutoring center in Massachusetts that helps students to enhance their academic engagement, and strengthen executive function and learning skills.Dan Levine, President and Founder, was in need of visuals to help convey certain types of students and their challenges in his presentation to parents, and he called on me to create them.The first student (below) is physically and mentally disorganized.The second student is stressed out and has trouble concentrating.The third student has poor planning and time management skills.Attributes of student 1 include:

Disorganized

Physical disorganization

Messy backpack, messy binders, messy locker, messy bedroom

Consequently, s/he can’t find their homework, the book they’re reading for class, or their assignment book.

Mental disorganization

Can’t get ideas out of their head and onto paper, doesn’t know how to take notes, doesn’t effectively prepare for exams, can’t follow multi-step directions.